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OFFICE TELEPHONE (first)
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OFFICE TELEPHONE (first). In 1879 the first telephone put in an outside office in the city of Dubuque was installed in the Dubuque Herald which was then located at the corner of Sixth and Locust STREETS.
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Source:
"First Office Phone Here Installed by Dubuque Herald," Telegraph Herald, Mar. 2, 1924